Remote Sensing of Savannas and Woodlands

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: 3D point cloud; Above Ground Biomass (AGB); aboveground biomass; Africa; albedo; allometry; alternative stable states; Amazon; bare soil; biomass; carbon; Cerrado; Cerrado ecosystem; conservation; cost-effective; deciduous; ecoregion; ecosystem function; encroachment; evergreen; forests; fractional cover; grassland; grasslands; hydrology; land cover; land surface temperature; LiDAR; livestock; mapping; MODIS; MODIS VCF; monitoring; n/a; oak-grass savanna; optical; phenocams; phenology; plant water availability; post oak; production systems; random forest; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; remote sensing; Research and information: general; sar; Savanna; savannas; Sentinel-2; spectral indexes; synergism; terrestrial laser scanning (TLS); TLS; tree phenology; trend; vegetation; vegetation dynamics; vegetation index; vegetation indices; vegetation persistence; vegetation seasonality; vegetation structure; vegetation type
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-1956-2
• ISBN: 9783036519562; 9783036519579; 3036519572; 3036519564

Savannas and woodlands are one of the most challenging targets for remote sensing. This book provides a current snapshot of the geographical focus and application of the latest sensors and sensor combinations in savannas and woodlands. It includes feature articles on terrestrial laser scanning and on the application of remote sensing to characterization of vegetation dynamics in the Mato Grosso, Cerrado and Caatinga of Brazil. It also contains studies focussed on savannas in Europe, North America, Africa and Australia. It should be important reading for environmental practitioners and scientists globally who are concerned with the sustainability of the global savanna and woodland biome.